the sample game. - My Mystery Party
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the sample game. - My Mystery Party
‘THE THANKSGIVING THIEVERY…WHO STOLE TOM TURKEY?’ 8-16 (Expandable to over 25+) Guests Electronic Version. Copyright © Mymysteryparty.com 2015. All rights reserved. Worldwide copyright laws and conventions protect all mymysteryparty.com printed materials. This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written consent from Mymysteryparty.com. The buyer has purchased this as a single use game and is hereby entitled to use these materials for one event only in a private setting for a non-profit use. Multi-Use licenses shall be purchased from mymysteryparty.com by the buyer in the event this game is intended to be utilized for profit and / or for multiple events in private, commercial and / or public settings. All graphics associated with this game are protected under copyright laws and remain the property of My Mystery Party. You do not have the right to use these graphics for personal gain in any manner. DISCLAIMER: Because we have no control over the application and production of this game, Mymysteryparty.com cannot guarantee results and will not be responsible for any personal injury, death and/or loss to participants. No use of this production other than the stated entertainment use is implied or intended. Such use is the sole responsibility of the user. The subject matter contained here is fiction and is intended purely for entertainment. The names and actions carried out by the characters are not intended to represent or imply the behavior of any person, living or dead. Any likenesses to real persons or events are purely coincidental. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Characters for the Host Name Tags Host Directives (Instructions) Helpful Hints On How To Play A Mystery - Guests Instructions Optional Pre-Game Announcements Round One Clue Cards Round Two Clue Cards Fingerprint Challenge (Round Two) Mystery Investigation Sheets Round Three Solution Cards – do not view if you want to keep the thief a surprise Tom Turkey for finale hunt (end of the game) Menu Suggestions Bonus Activities 2 5 8 13 14 18 25 31 33 49 56 57 60 SYNOPSIS Every Thanksgiving, the Cranberry and Peaknuckle families gather at the home of Morgan and Maximus Cranberry and this Thanksgiving is no different. Chef Mo Cranberry, an infamous molecular gastronomy chef, is set to prepare Tom Turkey, as the Cranberry’s traditionally called their Thanksgiving turkey, for the meal again this year. The Chef promises to use innovative techniques this year and everybody is excited! This year, Morgan Cranberry has fun party games planned for the day while the food is being prepared and of course – everybody will need to catch up with each other, as well. You wouldn’t miss the CranberryPeanuckle holiday festivities, so you’ve made your travel plans and this is where your story beings… Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 1 LIST OF CHARACTERS FOR THE HOST CHARACTER NAME AND OCCUPATION Morgan PeaknuckleCranberry ( Mom) Wife of Maximus and Banker REQUIRED Female Maximus Cranberry ( Dad) Husband of Morgan and Football Coach REQUIRED Male Chef Mo Cranberry ( Chef Mo) Sibling of Maximus and Chef REQUIRED Either Luminol Peaknuckle ( Aunt/Uncle Lumi) Sibling of Morgan and Crime Lab Director REQUIRED Either Perry Peaknuckle ( Gramps) Morgan’s Father and Retired USAF Colonel REQUIRED Male Patricia Peaknuckle ( Granny Pea) Morgan’s Mother and Homemaker REQUIRED Female Copyright © mymysteryparty.com CHARACTER DESCRIPTION COSTUME SUGGESTI ONS The beautiful Morgan Peaknuckle-Cranberry is a prim and proper lady, successful banker, and mother of two beautiful children. She has a slightly mysterious quality but is a gracious and welcoming hostess. Casual attire. Maximus Cranberry is a very handsome and charismatic gentleman and a high-energy high school football coach. He suffers from a condition known as narcolepsy, however, and will fall fast asleep at inopportune times…even during football games he’s coaching! Warm up suit and a whistle. If you looked up perfectionist in the dictionary, Chef Mo Cranberry’s picture would be next to the description. Chef Mo has a problem with thinking his/her delectable culinary creations are never good enough. S/he constantly works on perfecting already tasty delights. A chef’s uniform Luminol Peaknuckle, an infamous Forensic Scientist from New York City, is home for the holidays. Egotistical and opinionated are two words that sum up this celebrity doc. Lab jacket and tousled hair. Known as the strong and silent backbone of the Peaknuckle Troupe, this fun-loving grandpa is the one to go to if you wanted to hear stories of the ‘good ole’ days.’ Casual attire that a grandfather would love. Granny Pea is homemaker. She brother, Sherlock siblings only get happen this year? the quiet and demure grandmother suffers from bouts of sibling rivalry with Watson and has her entire life. These together on Thanksgiving… wonder what and her two will Any outfit a granny would love. Page 2 Beatrice Cranberry ( Auntie Bee) Sister of Maximus and Elementary School Teacher REQUIRED Female Sherlock Watson ( Uncle Sherlock) Brother of Patricia Peaknuckle and Detective REQUIRED Male Dr. Molly Cranberry ( Grandma Moddie) Mother of Maximus and Retired Physician Optional Female Auntie Bee is the no-nonsense school teacher. She teaches a strict curriculum in her kindergarten class and doesn’t put up with a shred of nonsense in the classroom or out! But out of the classroom and off the school grounds…this teacher is known to be a tad devious! Very conservative school teacher attire. Sherlock Watson is a tiger at the scene of a crime, but off the scene, he’s a total pushover. He’s shy and reserved but his English accent is more than enough to win everyone over…that is, until he does one of his annoying yet infamous impersonations of a crouching tiger. Sherlock Holmes’ costume. Grandma Moddie has led a high-stress life with her non-stop, 24/7 career as a cardiac surgeon. Even though she is now retired, she still keeps a fast pace and is easily incensed if she doesn’t get her way. Grandma Moddie also has a serious addiction…to video games! Any outfit a granny would love. Kell Cranberry is the loving, high-energy child that any parent would be proud to have. With one exception…Kell gets what Kell wants or people pay. Kid’s casual skateboardin g attire. Trace Cranberry is the complete opposite of Kell Cranberry. Trace is the calm and relaxed child that only brings the high-energy to the athletic field…or to an argument with Kell. Any kid’s athletic uniform. Senility is Grandpa Mup’s middle name! Mup is a retired candy maker who loves to pull practical jokes! This Grandpa can’t be told what to do and some say he’s not senile at all…he just likes to do what he wants! Casual attire that a grandfather would love. Dr. Isaac Albert is an outstanding member of the high IQ society – Mensa International. He is the leading researcher in the field of food science. His life’s work is the creation of a small dehydrated food capsule that turns into an instant delicious meal when only 3 drops of water are added. Casual attire and an Albert Einstein wig. Yetan Cranberry is the National Chess Champion with a highly mischievous side. Yetan has learned everything s/he knows about practical jokes from Grandpa Mup. Casual kid’s attire. Kell Cranberry Child of Morgan Cranberry and Skateboarder Optional Either Trace Cranberry Child of Morgan Cranberry and AllAround Athlete Optional Either Mup Cranberry ( Grandpa Mup) Father of Maximus and Retired Candy Shop Owner Optional Male Dr. Isaac Albert ( Dr. Isaac) Food Scientist and Neighbor of the Cranberry Family Optional Male Yetan Cranberry Child of Beatrice Cranberry and Chess Champion Optional Either Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 3 Dr. Andy Malls ( Dr. Malls) Veterinarian and Neighbor of the Cranberry Family Optional Either Tele Evitang ( Ms.Evitang) Neighborhood Gossip Optional EitherExpandable (Can have multiple players in this role to play members of the Evitang family) Dr. Malls is the overly-friendly neighborhood veterinarian and strict vegan. She is a great neighbor…that is…until she starts to rant about how you shouldn’t eat animals because they are your friends. Scrubs and an optional stethoscope as a prop. Tele Evitang is always on top of the latest story… sometimes before they even happen! S/he’s an ultra-ambitious investigative reporter for the television station RBC and will stop at nothing to be the first to get the scoop. S/he’s also known to be the first to spread any kind of neighborhood gossip. Watch what you do and say around this nosy neighbor! Casual attire with a pen and notepad as a prop. *IMPORANT INFORMATION REGARDING CHARACTER ASSIGNMENTS: Assign your most definite RSVPs and outgoing guests to the required characters and the more tentative, shy/reserved guests for the optional characters. To figure out who will be a ‘definite RSVP’, it is highly suggested to send a ‘save the date’ email out to your prospective guests way in advance of the party date so you can either eliminate those guests from your list who can’t make it (and therefore you will not assign them to a character) or you can change your party date if enough required-character guests simply cannot make it. It’s suggested to invite more than the required number of players as any of the ‘required’ guests could cancel at the last minute and leave you high & dry. You can play as many optional players as you wish and in any combination that you choose. The optional players have the same materials and same participation level, but these optional characters are not ‘mandatory’ for the storyline to play out and therefore for the mystery to be sleuthed appropriately. What happens if one of your required characters cancels on you at the last minute? First, take a deep breath…it’s not the end of the world. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME NAMETAGS the player nametags are below. Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 4 Morgan Cranberry ‘Mom’ played by: _____________________________________ Maximus Cranberry ‘ Dad’ played by: _____________________________________ Each player will have a name tag in the purchased game HOST DIRECTIVES Get ready for an awesome costume party with your purchase of the thanksgiving thievery game from MyMysteryParty.com! This party is an entertaining and comical mystery where the players act the roles of hilarious personalities while sleuthing the intriguing story line. This is an excellent choice for your next get together during the Thanksgiving holiday season. The story is set in the Cranberry home, so you can host it at any location such as a home living room, backyard (weather permitting), castle, hotel ballroom, hotel suite, recreation center room, etc. The party can be set in any space—all you need is a touch of Thanksgiving décor (i.e. lighting, pumpkins, and cornucopia.) and voila—you’re ready to go! The party pack (this document) needs to be printed in advance of the party. Cut out the clues and slip them into envelopes labeled with the appropriate round and character for each round of the party. It is optimal to choose different colored envelopes for each round. We offer envelope packs with four different colors for sale on the My Mystery Party website in the Party Props section ( Prop Emporium). A more economical method is to scroll the clue cards and secure with a ribbon—we show you how to do this on our How to Host video: http://www.mymysteryparty.com/howtohovi.html Make sure to read these host instructions for each round prior to the party to ensure you have everything in place for the big day! Please note - the host instructions for each round do not disclose who the thief is, but do not read nor even look at (because you may read by accident) the Round Three cards if you want to keep the thief a surprise. Have someone else prepare round two and three if you absolutely don’t want to know who the thief is, or for another solution to this…..see below…. UPGRADE TO A PARTY READY PACK: For a complete surprise, you can elect to upgrade this download to the pre-printed ‘party ready’ party pack option from the MyMysteryParty.com site. The upgrade is located in our side navigation bar and says ‘upgrade your download to a boxed set.’ This option will include the clues in labeled envelopes and the rest of prepared game documents –‘ready to go’ (this is an additional charge since we utilize our paper, ink, envelopes, labor, etc.). This upgrade removes the original price of the download and Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 5 charges you the difference between the party ready pack and download version of the game. For example, if the Party Ready Pack is $125, and you have already purchased the download for $30, the upgrade would cost $95—thereby removing the price you have already paid for the game. Let our staff take care of preparing this kit for you – you’ll be glad you did! OPTIONAL PROPS: We also offer mystery props on the My Mystery Party site in the Prop Emporium including authentic crime scene barrier tape, crime scene balloons, Bic mystery investigation pens, crime scene balloons, envelopes, etc. These are all optional but are fun enhancements to your night/day of mystery. During the party, your job as the host is to ensure that the envelopes are given to the guests at the appropriate times and most of all—you and your guests are having a blast! This mystery comes with 16 written characters. Only 8 of these characters are required with the other 8 being optional characters. If you do not have guests for these 8 characters, simply omit the clue cards of these guests. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 6 THE GAME IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR ROUNDS AND IS STRUCTURED AS FOLLOWS: OPTIONAL PRE-GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS: these optional pre-game announcements are to be delivered to each guest before the party or give them to the guests as they arrive. All pre-game materials are optional and do not alter the mystery and are intended to enhance the pre-game build up for the event. These announcements are not vital to solving the mystery and omission of them does not alter the mystery in any way. ROUND ONE: Deliver these clues as your guests arrive. You can serve appetizers and cocktails for adults. ROUND TWO: Deliver these clues while you serve dinner (optional) to your guests. SOLUTION ROUND THREE: Deliver these clues with coffee/hot cocoa and dessert (again, it’s optional to serve dessert) Note: you do NOT have to serve dinner/dessert, this is only suggested and the instructions tell you ‘when’ to serve it and what to do around the time you serve it. You can simply skip both without a problem and just serve snacks/appetizers the entire time. However, please don’t have a party without offering some type of food— even if it’s just snacks. Hungry guests are unhappy guests! For further questions, check out our FAQ web page at www.mymysteryparty.com/frasqu.html If your question is not listed in our FAQ, contact us at the email addresses below. Mystery Questions: [email protected] Web based Questions: [email protected] For more information on how to host, here are some helpful videos and articles for you to view (click on the following links) If the links aren’t working for you, go to our front page of www.MyMysteryParty.com and scroll to the middle of the page to view them or head to our FAQ section: • How to Host a Mystery Party Instructional Video • How to Plan a Mystery Party Instructional Video • How to Host in Ten Easy Steps Article (in our FAQ) • How to Host a Phenomenal Event Article (in our FAQ) Pre-game festivities INVITING GUESTS: Before the party, encourage your guests to view the Your Mystery Party — YourMysteryParty.com/turkey guest website or use the free printable My Mystery Party invitations as they have the character descriptions included. This way, before the party, they can get familiar with the other characters that will be at the party, watch the game trailer, and more! There are also hidden/subtle hints about characters throughout the page so those guests who choose to be ‘super sleuths’ can spend some time studying the Your Mystery Party site prior to the party. We also sell printed invitations with gold, metallic envelopes on our site. These can be located in the prop emporium on the MyMysteryParty.com site. If you are using an expansion pack, you’ll need to go to the Your Mystery Party site appropriate for your game, as these pages will include the expansion pack players. These site addresses are given to you in the expansion pack files. Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 7 The free, downloadable invitations are located on the item page where you first purchased this game. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link that says ‘free, downloadable invitation’ to download the pdf file. Fill in your information in the text fields and either print or save to your hard drive. You can email these invites to your guests to save paper costs. You will need to enter your information in the text field and save one on your hard drive for each player, changing the character to be played on each invitation. Alternatively, either email this link or use any eVite site and simply include the link to the Your Mystery Party guest invite site at YourMysteryParty.com/turkey. There are no spoilers on this page for your guests. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME Round one – it’s party time DÉCOR: Create a festive Thanksgiving atmosphere with beautiful fall leaves on the table, pumpkins, cornucopias, and LED candles. Also, take a look at our Pinterest Page (MyMysteryParty) for some DIY options. GUEST ARRIVAL: Appetizers can be served (optional-cocktails for legal-aged adults). The guests’ instructions and the character descriptions should be available for the guests to review. You can formally go over the instructions once everyone arrives. As an alternative, creatively display the clue-containing envelopes on a table for the guests to locate their own character names but don’t allow them to take clue cards from future rounds! Don’t forget to take both individual pictures of your guests and a group picture once everyone arrives they’ll all want copies of these! A great party souvenir is to print these pictures during the party on photo paper and slip into creatively designed frames (you can make them out of cardboard or purchase actual frames). BONUS ACTIVITIES: at any time during your party, you can insert a bonus activity (see bonus activity instructions for more details). You can play before, during or after any round. The key to keeping the mystery momentum is to tell the guests to remain in their character at all times. Breaking character will disrupt the flow of the mystery game’s story line, so it is very important. Bonus activities provide a temporary distraction and keep the energy level high and excitement flowing. Even if you think your guests aren’t the party game types, you should at least try to play one—you’ll be surprised how much they get into it and have a blast. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 8 Round two: DINNER IS SERVED…OR IS IT? PRE-ROUND TWO: You can serve dinner (dinner is optional). You can simply take a break and eat dinner but tell your guests to remain in character! They are allowed to mingle / talk about things during this time, but since each will likely sit with a subsection of the group, it will be limiting – and that is all right – you’ll give time for everybody to mingle once the official round begins. You can pass out their clue cards before/after dinner – it won’t make a difference. Pair your guests into teams of 2-3. Facilitate the ‘Mystery Scramble’ game. After about 10 minutes, take up the ‘Mystery Scramble’ Guess Sheets from your guests and score them using the ‘Mystery Scramble’ Answer Key *Note, if you are not going to play the mystery scramble – you’ll need to cue the guest who is to make the announcement of the crime – find out who this player is by reading the round two cards and cue them about 15 minutes after the round begins. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME ROUND THREE—solution round FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 9 HELPFUL HINTS ON HOW TO PLAY A MYSTERY PARTY GUEST INSTRUCTIONS You’ve been assigned a character, and you’ve come to the party dressed in the most awesome costume and have been told to play your role. Now, what? The mystery is separated into three main rounds of party play. During the party, you will receive an envelope that contains the clues necessary for your character for the round. The clues for the characters at the party provide everything that you need to solve the mystery. However, during the investigation segment of the game, you will need to ask the right questions and pay close attention to everyone’s clues to get the whole picture of what has happened. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME feel you are the guilty party by the end of Round Two – by all means, accuse yourself! From this point forward, you are to remain in character until the mystery is solved. If you are playing an obnoxious horse groomer riddled with scandals—that is who you are until the end! Undoubtedly, your host cast you into a character that you are comfortable playing. Some characters are designed to be played more reserved than other characters. Feel free to play your role in any manner that you feel comfortable. Embellish your character’s personality if you would like. However, if you are feeling more reserved tonight, you can opt to allow the other guests to approach you, or you can simply listen in on others’ conversations to get your information. Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 10 OPTIONAL PRE-GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS The following announcements are completely optional and exclusion of them does not alter the mystery in any way. However, it does lead to pre-game build up and excitement! Cut the announcements and slip them into envelopes and send about 1 week prior to the party. Each player will have a pregame announcement in the purchased game Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 11 ROUND ONE CLUES Cut out the clue cards and slip into envelopes and label with the character and round. DR. ANDY MALLS – ROUND ONE USE THE FOLLOWING TRIVIA QUESTIONS AS AN ICE BREAKER Question: What was the day job of the cotton candy machine inventor William James Morrison? Answer: He was a dentist. Question: In 1888, George Eastman named his company by this name because it was easy to pronounce and remember. Answer: Kodak. CLUES TO REVEAL DURING THIS ROUND During this round, mingle with the other guests to discuss the following with whomever you choose: Tell everyone that you don’t eat any kind of meat. Say that you don’t use any kind of animal products either. Tell Morgan that you noticed the Chef brought in nearly a truckload of items to the house! Say that the Chef must think there is way more people over here than there is. You could swear that there was more than one turkey that was unloaded! Tell a few people that ‘turkeys are our friends…not our food.” Ask Luminol Peaknuckle if s/he hates all meat or just turkey. Say you’d be glad to go and eat Chinese food because there are wonderful vegetarian dishes there! PERSONAL INFORMATION (You can conceal these clues from the other guests) You can’t even stand to be at the same table where people are eating meat! Each player will have a round one card in the purchased game Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 12 ROUND TWO CLUES Cut out the clue cards, slip into envelopes and label with the character and round. DR. ISAAC ALBERT – ROUND TWO DINNER IS ALMOST SERVED! PRE-CRIME: Tell everyone that you could do much more good by taking the molecular gastronomy cooked turkey back to your lab and doing some valuable research on it. Say that you could never cook one yourself but you could figure out the molecular structure of the bird after it was cooked by those methods and you know you could reverse engineer an even better method of cooking the turkey! Say that the Chef could probably whip up a nice roasted chicken or some tuna casserole pretty quickly if everyone would agree to skip Tom Turkey. POST-CRIME: You are certain that Morgan Cranberry didn’t go back into the kitchen after the crash. If someone wanted to postpone dinner…stealing the main course would do the trick. Sherlock confided in you about how he’d want to hide the turkey in his sister’s suitcase to blame it on her and get revenge on her. You went and checked her suitcase and it’s not there. PERSONAL INFORMATION: (This information can be concealed from the other guests.) Drats! You wanted to take the turkey back to your lab! Each player will have a round two card in the purchased game Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 13 ROUND TWO- REQUIRED ACTIVITY FINGERPRINT CHALLENGE: FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 14 MYSTERY INVESTIGATION SHEET DETECTIVE NAME ___________________________ SUSPECT MOTIVE LOCATION DURING THE CRIME COMMENTS Each player will have a mystery investigation sheet in the purchased game FINAL GUESS: WHODUNIT_____________________________________________________________________________ MOTIVE ________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 15 Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 16 ROUND THREE SOLUTION CARDS CHARACTER NAME REMOVED TO PREVENT SPOILERS - FINAL SOLUTION ROUND THREE. READ WHEN YOU ARE TOLD IT IS YOUR TURN This is the final solution round. Every guest at this party will now tell their story to the group - in a specific order dictated by this final solution clue card - and the criminal will now confess. Before you read your final solution, read the following music lyrics to the other guests and ask them to give you the band and name of the song: Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Will it be the same if I saw you in heaven? I must be strong, and carry on 'cause I know I don't belong here in heaven Answer: The artist is Eric Clapton and the song is ‘Tears from Heaven.’ Read the following solution to the group: “We need to hurry this up as the World of Warcraft online fishing tournament is starting right now and my Guild is depending on me. I wanted to delay dinner, that’s no lie….but I’m not the one who stole Tom Turkey!” THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS ARE NEXT IN THIS ORDER. IF ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE NOT GUESTS AT THE PARTY, SKIP THEM AND GO TO THE NEXT. KELL CRANBERRY TRACE CRANBERRY TELE EVITANG MUP CRANBERRY DR. ISAAC ALBERT YETAN CRANBERRY DR. ANDY MALLS MAXIMUS CRANBERRY Each player will have a round three card in the purchased game Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 17 MENU SUGGESTIONS *The following items are for a more formal type of dinner – teens might prefer more ‘teen’ style food (fish & chips, hot dogs, hamburgers, etc.) – therefore, the following items are only suggestions. CORNUCOPIA STUFFED MUSHROOMS THE MAYFLOWER SALAD PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKEN THE CRANBERRY HOUSE CASSEROLE TOM TURKEY’S CAKE SWEET ENDER PILGRIM JUICE Recipes IN THE PURCHASED GAME Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 18 BONUS ACTIVITIES! For 100 more party games and more party advice, recipes, themes, etiquette and more, purchase the official party host handbook by Dr. Bonnie. Now available at my mystery party’s prop emporium, barnes & noble and amazon.com as well as other online book retailers. FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PURCHASED GAME ROUND TWO REQUIRED ACTIVITY ‘THANKSGIVING SCRAMBLE CHALLENGE!’ THE ‘WHAT THANKSGIVING THING AM I?’ GAME! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! ‘THE THANKSGIVING CHARADE CHALLENGE’ Bonus game materials will differ in the download version and party ready pack. Copyright © mymysteryparty.com Page 19